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“What we have in Nigeria is civilian rule, not full democracy” – Fayemi

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 Aminu Imam

Former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said Nigeria remains short of full democratic status, twenty-six years after returning to civil rule. Fayemi made the comment during an appearance on a television programme held to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day. According to him, while elections have become part of the country’s political calendar, Nigeria is yet to fully embody the core principles of democracy. “We must not confuse the conduct of elections with the practice of democracy. What we got in 1999 was the right to elect leaders, but that…

“I’m Head of the Nigerian delegation” – Tinubu to Peter Obi in Rome

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu told the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, yesterday, that he is the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the Vatican. The remark was made during the installation mass of Pope Leo XIV, where Tinubu, Peter Obi and former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi met each other. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, Fayemi spotted President Tinubu seated among world leaders and urged Obi to join him in greeting the Nigerian leader. Obi agreed and followed. As they approached Tinubu, the statement…

Ex-Gov. Fayemi apologises to Nigerians over APC’s unmet promises

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 Aminu Imam

Former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has issued a public apology to Nigerians for the shortcomings of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) during its time in power. Speaking on a television programme yesterday, Fayemi, who briefly served as a minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, admitted that the party had failed to deliver on key promises made to the Nigerian people. “We have not succeeded in achieving everything we promised”, Fayemi said, acknowledging the APC’s inability to bring the desired change to the country. He also noted that the party’s…

State Of The Union: “Nigeria�s nationhood question must besettled before seeking a national vision” – Fayemi

May 5, 2024May 5, 2024 Aminu Imam

Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has argued that Nigeria must first settle the question of whether it�s a nation or a mere geographic area before seeking a vision that would drive its development. This is a he called for devolution of power to the current federating units, as according to him, that would be the Ideal way to restructure the country. Fayemi who took this position in his lecture titled, �If This Giant Must Walk; Manifesto for a New Nigeria,� at the Prince Emeka Obasi Inaugural Memorial…

�Tell Tinubu the truth, not what he hears in Villa� – Ex Gov. Fayemi tells Ganduje

December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has asked the All-Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to project the Party�s manifesto and relate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the true state of affairs and the feedback from various communities, not the information he gets in the Villa. Fayemi, a former chairman of the Nigeria Governors� Forum (NGF), made the appeal during the public launch of a book titled: �APC and transition politics�, authored by a former National Vice-chairman (North West) of the APC, Salihu Mohammed…

Alleged Money Laundering:� EFCC interrogates Fayemi��

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, The immediate-past governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, is currently being quizzed by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Competent sources disclosed that the ex-governor arrived at the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Commission and was�quizzed by a team of investigators on allegations of misappropriation of funds during his tenure to the tune of about N4billion. There are reports that the agency�s invitation had been shelved for a few weeks to see that…

“Reward system in APC poor; like monkeys working, baboons benefitting” – Gov Fayemi

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Aminu Imam

A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Kayode Fayemi, has described the reward system in the APC as poor. Speaking yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, while wooing delegates of the Oyo APC, Fayemi likened the reward system in the party to one where ‘monkeys work while baboons are beneficiaries of the party goodies’. To retain the commitment and passion of party members, Fayemi said the Party must fix its reward system such that those who work are rewarded with party patronages. He also described it as discouraging…

State of the Nation:’Nigeria in dire need of all-round reset’ � Fayemi

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Aminu Imam

Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that Nigeria�s political structure was in dire need of an all-round reset, but insisted that such a reset should not unmake the country. Fayemi, who is also the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, (NGF), noted that there had been several reforms in the past aimed at solving Nigeria�s political and economic problems. He observed that past efforts had only succeeded in solving immediate problems. While speaking at the LEADERSHIP Annual Conference and Awards 2021, with the theme: �Resetting Nigeria: Culture, Politics,…

2023 APC Flag: Fayemi, Amosun set to declare for presidency

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Aminu Imam

The outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, is set to any moment from now announce his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Also expected to join the race is former Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who currently represents Ogun-Central senatorial district in the National Assembly. A presidency source informed newsmen that both men have already informed President Muhammadu Buhari of their desire to contest and that he gave them his blessings. The source said while Fayemi is…

Unbridled partisanship, inflammatory remarks, threats to Nigeria�s unity – Fayemi

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Aminu Imam

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Forum of 36 states governors in the country, the Nigeria Governors Forum, (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has accused leaders across ethnic divides in the country of slant narratives, inflammatory remarks in their interventions on the ongoing debates about the country�s political architecture and attendant problems. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, on the occasion of the public presentation of his book, titled: �Unfinished Greatness: Envisioning a New Nigeria�, the Ekiti State governor lamented that rather than moderate their comments in the public space to engender national…